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INDEX, 



American Turf Congress. 

PAGE. 

Association, The 7 

Name and membership 7 

Object 7 

By-Laws 8 

Go into effect 8 

Meetings 8 

Delegation 8 

Officers 8 

Treasurer's bond and salary 9 

American Racing Rules. 

DEFINITIONS. 

Horse 10 

Age 10 

Maidens 10 

Race 10 

Purse 10 

•Sweepstakes or stake 10 

Private sweepstakes or match.... 10 

Exceptions of weights 10 

Handicap 11 

Free handicap 11 

Post Race 11 

Produce race 11 

How to enter in produce races... 11 

Walk-over 11 

Conditions supersede rules 11 

Entries and Subscriptions. 

Entries and subscriptions 112 

Entries in writing 12 

Entries telegraphed 12 

Only one interest in selling race 12 

Forfeits must be paid 12 

Horse must be duly entered 12 

What an entry shall state 12 

Allowances must be claimed 12 

When purse entries close 12 

Entrance money paid at time of 

entry 13 

Clerk of course liable 13 

Horse must not start if not de- 
clared 13 

Striking out of engagement 13 

One declared, all declared 13 

Five per cent, declarations 13 



PAGE. 

Owners and horses to be sus- 
pended 1:; 

Deductions for entrance paid.... 13 

Division of declaration fees 13 

Horses must be named 14 

No change of name 14 

Entries to sweepstakes 14 

Entries miscarried 14 

Description of horse 14 

Name and address 15 

Simultaneous entries with pro- 
posed names 15 

Change of name 15 

Assumed names 15 

Joint subscriptions and entries, 15 
Nominating owners to have 

equal interest 15 

Subscriptions are transferable.... 15 
Subscriptions to stakes are not 

revocable 15 

No alteration of entry after clos- 
ing 16 

Death of a subscriber 16 

Death or mistake in entry 1G 

Entries not void by death 1G 

Entrance money not returnable, 1G 
Liability for stakes and forfeits.. 16 
Money and arrears must be paid 

before starting 1G 

When to lodge forfeit orders 1G 

Forfeit orders must be paid 1G 

Collection of forfeits limited 17 

Ownership of horse 1^ 

Fraudulent transfer 17 

Horses must be announced as 

starters 17 

When the first race begins 17 

Number must be exhibited 17 

Explanation required if he does 
not run 17 

Weights. 

Weights to be carried 17 

Scale of weight for age 18 

Weights for two-year-olds 19 

Weights for three-year-olds 19 

Sex allowances iy 

Miscellaneous 19 



Weighing Out and Overweight. 

PAGE. 

Weighing out 19 

Overweight 19 

Shoeing 20 

Persons allowed on course dur- 
ing race 20 

Dilatory trainer or jockey to he 

fined 20 

A starter. 20 

The positions for a start 20 

Heat start 20 

The Starter. 

The starter and his duties 21 

Dismounting 2J 

Accidents at post 21 

Drum or flag 21 

Seventy-yard limit 21 

Fines and supensions 21 

No start 21 

Assistant starter 21 

Running. 

Running 22 

Of aids 22 

When a race is to be run over... 22 
Crossing or jostling in the race.. 22 

Disqualification 22 

Extent of disqualification 22 

Exception as to steeplechases 

and hurdle races 22 

Penalty for foul riding 23 

Fraud 23 

Complaints 23 

Horse bolting 23 

Rider falling 23 

Weighing In. 

Weighing in 24 

Judge's permission 24 

Short of weight, etc 24 

Assistants 24 

Bridles and whips 24 

Blinkers 24 

Two pounds disqualifies 24 

Misbehavior 24 

Heat Races. 

Heat races 25 

When a horse is distanced 25 



PAGE. 

A distance 25 

Time between heats 25 

How heat races are won, best 

two in three 25 

How heat races are won, best 

three in live 26 

Placing 26 

The deciding heat 26 

Dead Heats. 

Dead heats 26 

When to be run off 26 

Dead heats for second or lower 

place 27 

How ami when owners divide... 27 



Objections. 

Objections 27 

Judges' determination subject 

to objection ' 27 

Objection before race 27 

When objections after race are to 

be made 28 

Recovery of money paid over 

before objection 28 

Who shall decide objections 28 

Effects of objections, if valid 28 

In case of dead heat for second 

place 28 

Effect of pending objection 29 

Miscellaneous. 

Miscellaneous 29 

Judge may order examination 

and call for proofs of age 29 

When meeting ends 29 

When owners are to be paid 30 

Selling Races. 

Selling races 30 

Claimable conditions 30 

Division of money 30 

Payment and order 30 

Refusal to deliver or pay in a 

selling race 30 

Failure to pay 30 

Special rules for selling races, 

when horses are objected to.... 30 



Sales, Forfeits and Transfers. 

PAGE. 

Salts, forfeits and transfers .11 

sale with engagement, and lia- 
bility for engagements of 

horses sold 31 

Forfeits or defaults 32 

Transfer must be exhibited 32 

Winnings. 

Winnings 32 

Value of a race 32 

Penalties and Allowances. 

Penalties and allowances 33 

Xot cumulative 33 

As to selling races 33 

Allowances in produce races 33 

As to hurdle races and steeple- 
chases 33 

Omissions. 

Omissions 33 

Sunday omitted in computing 

time 33 

Omission of weights 33 

Omission of distance 33 

Omission of day 33 

Foreign Horses. 

Foreign horses 34 

Dress of Jockeys. 

Dress of jockeys 34 

Dress of jockeys, number, and 
record of colors 34 

Engagements. 

Engagements 34 

Kngagement of jockeys and 

stable employes 34 

Agreement 34 

Discharge 35 

Authority for engagement 35 

Employer must consent 35 

Race or time..* 35 

Jockey fees 35 

Suspension of jockeys 35 



Licenses. 

PAGE. 

Licenses 36 

Licenses for jockeys and trainers 36 

Fines and their disposal 36 

Fund for trainers and jockeys... 30 

Benefits 36 

Investment ;!tj 

Corrupt Practices. 

Corrupt practices 37 

Post book-making 37 

Corrupt and fraudulent practices 37 

Expulsion 37 

Touts 38 

General power of officers 38 

Decorum 38 

Regulations of the Course. 

Regulations of the course 38 

Powers of officers of the associa- 
tion 38 

Majority to govern 39 

Substitutes 3i> 

Postponement of races 3v> 

Duties and powers of judges 40 

Patrol judges 41 

Distance judges 41 

Timers 41 

Secretary or his deputy 41 

Superintendent .' 41 

Betting grounds 42 

Badges 42 

Craps and other species of games. 42 

Hurdle Rules. 

Hurdle rules 42 

Winning horse 42 

Distance of hurdle races 42 

Steeplechase Rules. 

Steeplechase rules i:; 

Distance 43 

Scale of weight 4:; 

Foul riding 43 

Post and flags 43 

Winners and walk-overs 43 

Remounting 44 

Flag marks 44 

Refusing jumps 44 

Betting Rules. 
Betting rules 45-47 



XOTE. — Words importing the singular to include the plural, and 
the plural the singular, unless the contrary is expressed. 



PREAMBLE AND BY-LAWS 



AMERICAN TURF CONGRESS. 



This Association is formed by the Kentucky Asso- Name and 
ciation of Lexington, Ky.; Louisville Jockey Club, Membership. 
Louisville, Ky.; Latonia Jockey Club, of Coving- 
ton, Ky.; St. Louis Jockey Club, of St. Louis, Mo.; 
Washington Park Club, of Chicago, 111.; Twin City 
Jockey Club, of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.; 
Overland Park Club, of Denver, Col.; Kansas City 
Fair Association, of Kansas City, Mo., and the 
Birmingham Jockey Club, of Birmingham, Ala.; 
and shall be known as the American Turf Congress, 
and these rules shall be known as the American 
Racing Rules. 

New members may be admitted by a two-thirds 
vote of the Congress; but membership shall be con 
fined to chartered clubs or associations of good 
standing, composed of citizens of the locality of the 
club or association. There shall be an initiation 
fee of $100, and each member shall pay $25 annually 
as dues. The fund arising from initiation fees and 
dues shall be devoted to the current expenses of 
the Congress. A member, for sufficient cause, may 
be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the Turf Con- 
gress. 

These rules have for their object the improvement Object. 
of the breed and the development of horses, 
through the promotion of the interests of the 
American Running Turf ; the prevention, detec- 
tion and punishment of fraud thereon ; and uni- 
formity in the government of racing. 



BY- LAWS. 

O, Each association may be governed by its own by- By-Laws. 

laws, provided they do not conflict with the Ameri- 
can Racing Rules. 

D. These rules shall go into operation on the first Go ii,t<> effect. 
day of January, 1891, and any other rules of racing 
shall be annulled, as from that day, without preju- 
dice to the then existing rights or liabilities. 

|,; There shall be a meeting of the members of the Meetings. 
different associations annually on the second Wed- 
nesday in November, at noon, at such place as may 
be chosen at the meeting nexl preceding ; a written 
or printed notice of each meeting shall be mailed, 
postage paid, and addressed by the Secretary to 
each member at least thirty days prior to such 
meeting. 

\ special meeting of the Congress may he had on 
the call of the President alone, or on the call of 
the President at the request of any three members. 

p. A delegation to a general meeting <>f the Associa- Delegation. 
tion shall consist of one person, a member of the 

club, duly authorized in writing, by the presidenl 
or Secretary of their respective organizations. No 
association shall vote by proxy. 

■ 
(ii There shall be a President, a Vice President, a Officers. 
Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall hold their 
offices for one year. The term of the office of Presi 
dent shall be limited to one year, and no member 
elected President shall be eligible for re-election 
until after the lapse of one year. It shall be the 
duty of the Secretary, when present, to act as Secre 
tary at the annual meeting of the Association. He 
shall keep a record of all proceedings of such meet- 
ings and shall attend to all correspondence relating 
to the affairs of the Association. He shall publish, 
or cause to be printed, a report of the rules adopted, 
or changes of the annual meeting of the Associa- 
tion. He shall call the regular meeting of the As- 
sociation for the second Wednesday in November of 
each year at such place as may be designated by the 



BY-LAWS. 

Association at their la6t meeting, and for such ser- 
vices and expenses incurred shall be paid $200 by 
the Association. 

The Treasurer sball'give bond to the amount of Treasurer's 
$2,500, approved by the President, for the safe keep- bond and 
ing of the funds, for which he shall be paid $100 salary. 
per annum. 



AMERICAN RACING RULES. 



DEFINITIONS. 



1 'Horse" includes inare or gelding. 

2 The "age" of a horse is reckoned as beginning 
on the first of .January, in the year in which he is 
foaled . 

3 A "maiden" horse is one that has never w 
race in any country. Conditions referring to 
maidens shall mean maidens at the time of the 
entry, unless otherwise specified. 

4 Any contest for "purse," "stake," premium, or 
wager for money, or involving admission fees, on 
any course, and in the presence of a Judge or 
Judges, shall constitute a race. 

5 A "purse" is a s\im of money or other prize 
offered for a race. 

Q A "sweepstakes" is a race, publicly declared 
open to all complying with its conditions for which 
the prize is the sum of the stakes which the sub- 
scribers agree to pay for each horse nominated ; 
and if an additional sum of money, cup, plate, or 
other reward is offered to the winner, the race is 
still a sweepstakes whatever may be the name given 
to such addition. Three subscribers, unless other- 
wise stipulated in its conditions, make a sweep- 
stakes, and the race is not void, so long as there 
is a horse qualified to start. 

7 A " private sweepstakes," or "match," is one -to 
which no money is added, and which is not publicly 
advertised previous to the engagement being made. 
Allowances and extra weights shall not be allowed 
or incurred in respect of matches or private sweep- 
stakes. 



Horse. 
Age. 



a Maidens. 



Race. 



Purse. 



Sweepstakes or 
Stake. 



Private 

Siveei>stakes or 
Match. 

Exceptions of 
Weights. 



RULES OF RACING. 



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8 A " handicap " is a race for which the horses are Handicap. 
weighted according to their merits in the estima- 
tion of the handicapper for the purpose of equal- 
izing their chances of winning. 

9 A " free handicap" is one in which no liability Free Handicap 
is incurred for entrance money, stake, or forfeit, 

until acceptance of the weight allotted, either by 
direct acceptance or through omission to declare 
out. 

10 A "post race" is one for which the subscribers Post Race. 
declare at the usual time before a race for declaring 

to start, the horse or horses they intend to run, 
without other limitation of choice than the rules 
of racing and the conditions of the race prescribed. 

11 A "produce race" is one for which horses are Produce Race. 
named by whose produce the race is to be run. 

12 The produce is entered by entering the dam and 
sire or sires. 

If a mare entered in a produce race drops her foal 
before the 1st of January, or if she has a dead or 
more than one foal, or is barren, the entry of such 
mare is void, and the entrance money (if any) is 
returned. 

13 A "walk-over" is when two horses in entirely 
different interests do not run for a race or stake. 

(a) — Walk-over by any horse entitles him to only 
one-half of the added money in stakes. 

(&)— In purse races, two or more horses in entirely 
different interests must enter and start, or no race. 

14 The express conditions of a race supersede the 
rules of racing when they conflict. 

Incase of fire or accident all stakes may be run 
over another race course, or may be declared off by 
refunding the subscription and declaration money 
paid in. 



Hoiv to enter in 
Produce Races. 



Walk-over. 



Conditions 
supersede rules. 



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RULES OF RACING. 



Kntries and Subscriptions. 

15 Entry shall be made by writing, signed by the 
owner of the horse, or by some person deputed by 
him, or may be made by telegraph, if received before 
the time for closing. Entries by telegram must, 
however, be confirmed in writing at the earliest 
possible opportunity, and in all cases before the 
time for declaring to start, or the horse shall not be 
allowed to start. 

In selling races not more than one horse in the 
same interest can start. If two or more should be 
entered, the first one recorded from the entry-box 
shall be deemed valid. 

No entry for stakes shall be received by any as- 
sociation from any person owing a forfeit. If any 
entry has been received within thirty days after 
publication of stakes in the sporting papers by any 
association, on proper notice and proof being made 
to said association by any person holding said for- 
feit, the secretary of said association shall notify 
the person making the entry, that his or their 
forfeit must be paid within thirty days. If not paid 
in that time, the entry shall be rejected and pub- 
lished in the turf papers. 

16 A horse shall not be qualified to run for any 
purse or sweepstakes unless he has been and con- 
tinues duly entered for the same. 

17 An entry shall state the name of the owner, and 
the name and description of the horse, and (if the 
race be for horses of different ages) his age. 

18 Allowances must be claimed at the time of entry, 
except when otherwise specified. 

19 No condition or notice interposing, entries for 
purse races are to be made at the office of the Clerk 
of the Course, at the course, by 4 o'clock p. m. of 
the day previous to the race, or if there be races 
at the course on that day, within thirty minutes 
after the last race. 

No entry for a purse shall be received after the 
time for closing. 



Entries and 

subscriptions. 

Entries in 

writing. 

Entries 

telegraphed. 



Only one 
interest in 
selling nice. 

Forfeits must 
be paid. 



Horse must 
be.duly entered. 

What an entry 
shall state. 

Allowances 

mil stbe claimed. 
When purse 
entrie* close. 



RULES OF RACING. 



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X. The entrance-money to a purse (unless otherwise 
stipulated in its conditions) shall be three per cent, 
on the whole amount thereof, and must accompany 
the entry, except for free handicaps, when it must 
he paid at the time of acceptance of the weight 
allotted. 

Entrance money, stakes, and forfeits must be paid 
in cash (if required) to the Clerk of the Course. 

Parties not having money to their credit with 
the Secretary, must pay all entrances or forfeits 
before starting. 

B. If the Clerk of the Course allow a horse to start in 
a race without its entrance money or stake for that 
race having been paid, he shall be liable for it him- 
self, but may have a forfeit order issued for the 
same. 

C Every horse entered for a purse must start, unless 
he should be declared out to the Clerk of the Course 
by 12 o'clock (noon) the day of the race. 

No horse shall be considered as struck out of his 
engagements unless the declaration be made by the 
owner, or by some person deputed by .him, to the 
Clerk of the Course, who shall record the day and 
hour of its receipt, and give early publicity thereto. 
The striking of a horse out of an engagement is 
irrevocable. 

D. When a party having more than one horse entered 
in a purse, shall declare one out, he thereby de- 
clares all out. 

E. Where no entrance fee is required, the declaration 
must be accompanied by five (5) per cent, of the 
first money of the purse. 

F. Horses not starting in purse races because of un- 
paid forfeits shall be liable for the declaration fee, 
and owners and horses shall be suspended until 
they are paid. 

G. If entrance fee has been paid, it shall be deducted 
from the declaration fee. 

H. All declaration fees shall go: 60 per cent, to 
second horse, and 40 per cent, to third horse, or all 
to second horse if there be but two starters. 



Entrance 
money paid at. 
time of entry. 



Clerk of Course 
liable. 



Horse must 
start if not 
declared. 
Striking out of 
engagement. 



One declared, 
all declared. 

Five per cent, 
declarations. 

Owners and 
horses to be 
suspended. 

Deductions for 
entrance paid. 
Division of 
declaration 
fees. 



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RULES OF RACING. 



I. In case one horse distances the field, in heat races, 
all entrance and declaration money must go with 
the purse. 

20 Every horse entered for a stake or purse shall be 
named, and the name correctly and plainly written 
in the entry, or it shall be void ; and after start- 
ing in a public race such name shall not be 
changed. 

21 No association running under these rules shall re- 
ceive the entry of, or allow a horse whose name has 
been changed anywhere or on any course to run 
upon their course. Every association or club run- 
ning under these rules shall be required to announce 
with their stakes and programmes that nominators 
shall name their horses entered in such stakes and 
purses. 

22 If an hour for closing be not designated, entries 
for sweepstakes may be mailed up to midnight of 
the day of closing, provided they are received in 
time for compliance with every other condition of 
the race. 

If miscarriage of an entry is alleged, satisfactory 
proof of its mailing must be presented within reason- 
able time after the day of closing, or the entry shall 
not be received. 

When an hour for closing is designated, entries 
for sweepstakes can not be received afterward. 

In the absence of notice to the contrary, entries 
for sweepstakes closing during and on the eve of a 
race meeting, close at the office of the Clerk of the 
Course, at the course. 

23 In entering a horse, he must be clearly identified 
by stating his age, his name, his color (when 
possible), whether he is horse, mare, or gelding, and 
the names of his sire and dam, and if his sire or 
dam is unnamed, such further pedigree or descrip- 
tion as will distinguish the horse intended to be 
entered from all other horses. If his dam was 
covered by more than one stallion, the names of 
all of them must be given. 



Horses must be 
named. 



No change of 
name. 



Entries to 
sweepstakes. 



Entries 
miscarr 



Description of 
horse. 



RULES OF RACING 



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24 The party making an entry to stakes must give his 
name in full, and post-office address. 

25 If a horse be entered with a proposed name for 
the first time in several races closing at the same 
place on the same day, the description need not be 
added in more than the first of such entries. 

26 If the name of a horse be changed before he has 
started in a public race, his new name, as well as 
his old name, must be given until he has once run 
under it over the course of a recognized association. 

27 An owner may assume a name which must be 
registered with the Clerk of the Course, and he can 
not enter or subscribe in any other until he resumes 
his own name or registers another assumed name. 
The real or assumed name of any person who runs, 
or, within twenty years, has run horses in the 
United States, shall not be registered. 

28 Joint subscriptions and entries may be made by 
two or more owners. 

The full names of all persons composing a com- 
pany, and the real names of all persons confederat- 
ing under an assumed name, must be registered 
with the Clerk of the Course. 

A confederate in an assumed name may subscribe 
or enter in his own or in another assumed name. 

If any of the parties to a joint subscription die, 
all rights and liabilities attach to the survivor or 
survivors. 

29 A horse can not be entered in the real or assumed 
name of any person, company, or confederacy as 
his owner, unless that person, company, or con- 
federacy has an interest or property in the horses. 

30 A person who subscribes to a sweepstakes before 
the time fixed for naming can transfer the right of 
entry under any one or more of his subscriptions to 
any other person or persons. 

31 A subscription to a stake can not be withdrawn, 
but an entry of a horse under a subscription may, 
before the time of closing, be allowed by substitut- 
ing another horse. 



Name and 
address. 
Simultaneous 
entries with 
proposed 
names. 
Change of 
name. 



A ssumed 
names. 



Joint 

subscriptions 
and entries. 



Nominating 
owners to have 
equal interest. 

Subscriptions 

are 

transferable. 

Subscription to 
stakes are not 
revocable. 



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RULES OF RACING. 



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36 

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No alteration or condition shall be made in any 
entry after the time fixed for closing. 

At the discretion of officers, and without notice, 
the entries of any person may be refused. 

Subscriptions, and all entries, or rights of entry, 
under them, shall not become void on the death of 
the subscriber. 

If either party to a match die the match is off. 

The death of a horse or a mistake in the entry of 
a horse, when eligible, does not release the sub- 
scriber or transferee from liability for a stake or 
forfeit. 

Entries in purses are not void by the death of the 
nominator. 

Entrance money for a purse is not returned on 
the death of a horse, or his failure to start for any 
cause whatever. 

A person entering a horse thereby becomes liable 
for the entrance money, stake, or forfeit. 

A subscriber to a sweepstakes is liable for the 
stake or forfeit, but if he transfer an entry or a right 
of entry therein to any other person, he is liable 
only in case of default by the transferee, and, in 
that case, may recover from the transferee, and 
shall, if he pay such stakes or forfeits, be entitled 
to a forfeit order as due to himself. 

A horse shall not start for a race unless there 
have been duly paid, before weighing, any stake or 
entrance money payable in respect of that race, and 
also all arrears due from any person for such horse, 
or due from the person starting said horse on other 
horses ; but if there be any forfeits against said 
horse or persons, the same must have been presented 
to the Clerk of the Course before ten o'clock of the 
day of the race. 

Forfeit orders must be lodged with the Clerk of 
the Course or Secretary by 10 o'clock a. m., the morn- 
ing of the race. 

Each association shall issue forfeit orders, and no 
horse shall be allowed to start in a race against 
whom a forfeit order is lodged until it is paid. 



No alteration of 
entry after 
closing. 

Death of a 
subscriber. 



Death or 
mistake in 
entry. 

Entries not void 
by death. 
Entrance money 
not returnable. 

Liability for 
stakes and 
forfeits. 



Money and 
arrears must be 
paid before 

starting. 



When to lodge 
forfeit orders. 

Forfeit orders 
must be /•aid. 



RULES OF RACING. 



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The collection of forfeits shall be limited to those 
issued by members of the Turf Congress, in stakes 
run upon their respective courses. 

When a forfeit order has been lodged for collec- 
tion against a starter and withdrawn before the 
race, it shall no longer be collectible through the 
Secretary of any course. 

The Officers of the Association shall also have 
power to call on any person in whose name a horse 
is entered to produce proof that the horse entered is 
not the property, either wholly or in part, of any 
person who owes a forfeit order or otherwise dis- 
qualified, or to produce proof of the extent of his 
interest or property in the horse, and in default of 
such proof being given to their satisfaction, they 
may declare the horse disqualified. 

If any transfer is made for the purpose of avoiding 
payment of forfeit orders or any disqualification, 
the person making and receiving such transfers 
may be ruled off. 

A horse shall not be qualified to run in a race 
unless he has been announced as a starter to the 
Clerk of the Scales, not less than 45 minutes be- 
fore the time appointed for the race, which shall, 
at the close of the previous race of the day, be indi- 
cated on a dial conspicuously placed. 

If the time for the first race is not fixed by the 
programme, it shall be indicated on the dial. 

The number of a horse must be exhibited as soon 
as practicable after he has been announced as a 
starter. 

If a horse whose number has been exhibited does 
not start and run the course, the Judges may call 
upon the owner, trainer, or jockey for an explana- 
tion ; and if no satisfactory explanation be given, 
shall fine, suspend, or rule off the course, as the 
case may warrant. 

The following weights shall be carried when not 
otherwise specified in the conditions of a race : 



Collection of 
forfeits 
limited. 



Ownership of 
horse. 



Fraudulent 
transfer. 



Horses must be 
announced as 

starters. 



When the first 
race begins. 
Number must 
be exhibited. 

Explanation 
required if he 
does not run. 



Weights to be 

ea rried. 



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RULES OF RACING. 



Standard Scale of Weight for Age. 



DISTANCE. 


AGE. 


Jan 

74 
104 
116 
120 


Feb 

77 
106 
117 
121 


Mar 

80 
107 
119 
123 


Apr 

82 
109 
121 
124 


May 

84 
110 
122 
125 


June 

86 
111 
122 
124 


July 

89 
113 
122 
122 


Aug 

93 
115 
122 
122 


Sept 

96 
116 
122 
122 


Oct 
Nov 
Dec 


Half Bile 


f 2 years. 

3 " 
14 " 
1.5,6 & aged. 


99 
117 




122 
122 


Three-quarters 
Mile 


f 2 years. 
[5, 6 & aged. 


74 
104 
119 
122 


77 
107 
119 
122 


79 

109 
120 
123 


80 
110 
121 
124 


80 
110 
122 
124 


81 
111 

122 
124 


84 
113 
122 
124 


88 
115 
122 
122 


91 
116 
122 
122 


94 
117 




122 
122 




f 2 years. 

J3 " 
14 " 
[5, 6 <fc aged. 


74 
104 
119 
124 


77 
104 
119 
124 


78 
106 
120 
124 


79 
106 
121 
125 


79 
106 
122 
126 


79 
107 
122 
12b 


79 
109 
122 
124 


81 
111 
122 
124 


85 
112 
122 
122 


87 
113 




122 
122 


One M ile and 
a Half. 


f 2 years. 

i ■ 

15 «' 
[6 & aged. 


104 

120 
124 
125 


'104 
120 
124 
125 


104 

120 
125 
126 


104 
121 
126 
127 


"l04* 
122 
127 
128 


105 
122 
126 
127 


1 .. 

107 109 
122 122 

125 124 

126 125 


79 
110 
122 
124 
124 


82 
111 
122 
124 
124 


Two Miles... 


(2 years. 
13 " 

j 4 «. 

] 5 " 
16 & aged. 


"99 
119 
125 
126 


"99 
119 
125 
126 


"ioo 

12(1 
126 
127 


"ioi 

121 
127 

128 


"ica 

122 
128 
129 


103 
122 
127 
128 


105 f 107 
122 j 122 
126! 125 
127 126 


"io8 

122 

124 
125 


79 
109 
122 
124 
124 


Two Miles and 
a Half. 


f 3 years. 

U " 

I 5 " 
[6& aged. 


98 
119 
126 
127 


98 
119 
126 
127 


99 

120 
127 
128 


100 
121 

128 
i 129 


101 
122 
129 
130 


102 
122 

128 
129 


104; 106 
122 122 
1271 126 

128 127 


107 
122 
125 
126 


108 
122 
124 
125 


Three Miles 


f 3 years. 
14 " 

L6&aged. 


94 
118 
125 
127 


97 
119 

126 
128 


98 
120 
127 
129 


99 

i 121 

| 128 

130 


100 
122 
130 
131 


101 
122 
129 
130 


103! 105 

122! 122 

' 128 127 
| 129 128 


106 
122 
126 
127 


107 
122 
125 
126 


Four Miles 


(3 years. 

1 4 " 

15 •« 

[6 & aged. 


94 
118 
126 
127 


96 
119 
127 
128 


97 
120 
128 
129 


98 
121 
129 

r 


99 
122 
131 
132 


100 
122 
130 
131 


102 104 
122: 122 

129 128 

130 129 


105 
122 

127 

128 


106 
122 
126 
127 



In races of intermediate lengths, the weights for the shorter distance 
are to he carried. 



RULES OF RACING. 



19 



45 In all races exclusively for two-year-olds, the 
following scale of weights shall be adopted : From 
January 1st to December 31st the weight shall be 
118 lbs. 

No money shall be added to any race exclusively 
for two-year-olds carrying 118 lbs., longer than a 
mile. 

46 In all races exclusively for three-year-olds, the 
following scale of weights shall be adopted: From 
January 1st to December 31st, shall be 122 lbs. 

47 Except in handicaps, and in races where the 
weights are fixed absolutely in the conditions, fillies 
two years old shall be allowed 3 lbs., and mares 
three years old and upward shall be allowed 5 lbs. 
before the 1st of .September and 3 lbs. afterward. 

X. There shall be no dash race given after May 15, 
1891, for horses three years old and upward, less than 
one mile. 

In all heat races there shall be an allowance of 5 
lbs. from the scale of weights. 

Light welter weights, 28 lbs. added to weight for 
age. 

Heavy welter weights, 40 lbs. added to weight for 
age. 

Feather weights, 75 lbs. 

Welter weights shall be 28 lbs., added to weight 
for age, and in the absence of conditions, shall be 
the weights for steeplechases and hurdle races. 



exclusively for 

two-year-olds. 



Weights 
exclusively for 

th ree-ycar-olds. 
Sex 

allowances . 



Miscellaneous. 



Weighing Out and Overweight. 

48 Every jockey who is to ride in the race shall weigh Weighing out. 
at the usual place, unless especially excused by the 
Judges, or his horse shall be disqualified. 

If a jockey intends to carry overweight, exceeding Overweight. 
by more than two pounds the weight at which his 
horse is to run, the owner or trainer consenting, he 
must declare the amount of such overweight to 
the Clerk of the Scales not later than 45 minutes 
before the time appointed for the race ; and the 
Clerk shall announce or exhibit, in some public 



RULES OF RACING. 



manner, the amount of such overweight, with the 
name or number of the horse. 

A horse shall not be qualified to run in a race 
with more than 5 lbs. overweight. 

If a horse carry more than 2 lbs. which has not 
been duly declared, or more than 5 lbs. overweight, 
he is disqualified. 

A horse shall not be qualified to start in a race in 
ordinary or training shoes ; if any person starts a 
horse in shoes, he and the horse may be ruled oft'. 
Bar plates may be used by consent of the Judges. 

No person shall be admitted to the weighing 
room except the owners, trainers, and jockeys. 

49 After the horses are ordered to the starting post, 
and until the Judges direct the gates to be reopened, 
all persons except the racing officials shall be ex- 
cluded from the course to be run over. 

50 Every trainer or jockey who does not bring his 
horse promptly to the post at the time appointed 
for the race shall be fined. 

r^ Every horse whose jockey has weighed out, and 
whose number has been put up, is a starter, and 
shall be liable for his whole, stake. If a horse is 
excused after he is weighed out, all book bets on the 
race are void, and additional time, before the race, 
shall be granted by the Judges. In auction pools 
and French mutuals the money on the excused 
horse shall be refunded. 
52 The position of horses in starting shall be de- 
termined by lot by the Judges. 

The winner of a heat shall, at the next start, 
have the inside position, and the others shall take 
their positions on his right, in the order in which 
they came out in the previous heat. 

Nevertheless, the starter may place vicious or un- 
ruly horses where they can not injure others. 



Shoeing. 



Persons 

allowed on 
course during 
race. 

Dilatory 

trainer or 
jockey to be 
/ined. 

A starter. 



'J 'he positions 
for a start. 
Heat start. 



RULES OF RACING. 



21 



The Starter and His Duties. 



A horse in the hands of the starter shall receive 
no further care from his attendants. 

The horse must be started by the jockey. With 
the sanction of the starter, he may be led to his 
position. The jockey must not dismount except to 
set right insecure equipments. 

If an accident happens to a rider or his equip- 
ments, except while repeating heats, the starter may 
grant a delay not exceeding fifteen minutes, which, 
in extreme cases, may be extended by the Judges. 

During such delay the other jockeys may dis- 
mount and their horses be given up to their attend- 
ants. 

The horses shall be started by a drum or flag. 
When the starter has started the horses by tap of 
drum or by dropping the flag, there shall be no 
recall. 

The starter may give all such orders and take all 
such measures as are necessary to secure a fair start, 
and, in particular, may order the horses to draw up 
in a line, as far behind the starting post as he thinks 
necessary, but not exceeding seventy yards. 

The starter shall have authority to fine or suspend 
a. jockey for disobedience of his order, or for attempt- 
ing to take any unfair advantage, but the suspen- 
sion of a jockey shall not take effect until after the 
last race of the day of his suspension, and shall not 
extend beyond the meeting without the approval 
of the officers of the association, but the officers 
may modify or remit penalties imposed by the 
starter. 

If the starter allows a start to take place in front 
of the starting post, the start is void, and the horses 
must be started again. 

With the sanction of the Officers of the Associa- 
tion, the starter may appoint his assistant. 



Dis)iioit n ting. 

Accidents at 

/>ost. 



Drum or flag. 



70 yard limit. 



Fines and 
suspensions. 



No start. 



Assistant 
starter. 



22 



RULES OF RACING. 



Running:* 

53 ^ T o person other than the rider shall be permitted 
to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or other- 
wise, to assist a horse in getting a start, or increase 
his speed in running any race. Nor shall any per- 
son stand in the track to point out a path for the 
rider, under a penalty of exclusion from the course 
for either offense ; and if such person shall be the 

- owner, trainer, or attendant of such horse, or insti- 
gated to the act by either of the said persons, such 
horse shall be disqualified. 

54 If a race has been run by all the horses at wrong 
weights, or at a less distance, or when a Judge is 
not in the stand, it shall be run again at such time 
as the officers appoint, but at an interval of not less 
than twenty minutes, if the distance to be run is 
two miles or less, or more than thirty minutes if 
over two miles. 

55 A leading horse is entitled to any part of the 
course, but if he swerve to either side so as to 
compel another to shorten his stride and to impede 
him, it is a cross. 

A horse which crosses or jostles another so as to 
impede him is disqualified, whether the cross or 
jostle happened through the willful or careless 
riding of the jockey or the swerving of the horse, 
unless the Judges think that the cross or jostle was 
wholly caused by the fault of some other horse or 
jockey, or that the other horse or his jockey was 
partly in fault. 

A horse may be disqualified if his jockey strikes 
another horse or jockey, and shall be disqualified 
if he rides either willfully or carelessly so as to in- 
jure another horse, which is in no way in fault. 

56 When a horse is disqualified under these rules, 
every horse in the race belonging wholly or in part 
to the same owner is also disqualified. 

57 In steeplechases and hurdle races, a horse is not 
disqualified under these rules, unless in the opinion 



Of aids 



When a race is 
to be run over. 



Crossing or 
jostling in the 



D is qu alloca- 
tion. 



Extent of dis- 
qualification. 

Exception as to 
steeplechases 



RULES OF RACING. 



of the Judges he is intentionally ridden so as to and hurdle 
jeopardize the chance of success of another horse. races. 

58 If the Judges are satisfied that the riding of any Penalty for 
race was intentionally foul, or that the jockey was foul riding. 
instructed or induced so to ride, all persons guilty 

of complicity in the offense shall be ruled off the 
course. 

Any one ruled off for fraud shall stand ruled off Fraud. 
for life. 

59 The Judges must take notice of acts of foul riding Complaints. 
or other questionable transactions on the turf. Com- 
plaints under this rule can be received from the 

owner, trainer, or jockey of the horse alleged to be 
affected, and must be made to the Judges either 
before or immediately after the jockeys in the race 
have passed the scales. Complaints can be made by 
any person ; but on the failure of the complainant 
to substantiate the charge, the Judges may rule 
him off. 

0Q If a horse leaves the course, he must turn back Horse bolting. 
and run the course from the point at which he left 
it. 

Ql If a rider fall, and another person of sufficient Rider falling. 
weight ride the horse in from the spot where the 
rider fell, the horse shall not be disqualified for 
overweight. 



24 



RULES OF RACING. 



Weighing In. 

62 Every jockey must, immediately after pulling up, 
ride his horse to the place of weighing, and there 
dismount, after obtaining permission of the Judge, 
and be weighed by the Clerk of the Scales; pro- 
vided that if a jockey be prevented from riding to 
the place of weighing by reason of accident or ill- 
ness, by which he or his horse is disabled, he may 
walk or be carried to the scales. 

If a jockey does not weigh in, or is short of weight, 
or is guilty of any fraudulent practice with respect 
to weight or weighing, or dismounts before obtain- 
ing permission, or touches (except accidentally) 
any person or thing other than his own equipments 
before weighing in, his horse may be disqualified, 
and he may be fined or suspended, unless he can 
satisfy the Judges that he was justified by extra- 
ordinary circumstances. 

No one shall assist the jockey in taking his equip- 
ments off his horse except by permission of the 
Judges. 

It is optional for a jockey to weigh out or in with 
his bridle, and the Clerk of the Scales shall allow 
one pound for a curb or double bridle ; but no 
weight shall be allowed for a snaffle bridle unless 
it is put into the scales before the horse is led away, 
and no whip or substitute for a whip shall be 
allowed in the scales. Jockey whips shall not ex- 
ceed one pound in weight. 

If a horse run in a hood, blinkers or clothing, it 
must be included in the jockey's weight. 

Horses not bringing in their weight, or within 
two pounds of it, shall be disqualified, but the 
Judges shall make allowances for overplus occa- 
sioned by rain or mud. 

Jockeys may be fined by the Clerk of the Scales 
for gross misbehavior at the scales. 



Weighing in. 

Judge s 
permission. 



Short of 
weight, etc. 



Assistants. 



Bridles and 
whips. 



Blinkers. 

Two pounds 
disqualifies. 



Misbehavior. 



RULES OF RAC[N(r 25 

Heat Races. 

63 No person shall start more than one horse, of Heat races. 
which he is wholly or in part the owner, in a race 

of heats. 

64 -^U horses whose heads have not reached the (lis- When a horse 
tance post as soon as the leading horse arrives at is distanced. 
tlie winning post are distanced, but as proof of the 

fact the Distance Judge must have dropped his flag 
in answer to the Judge's Hag. 

65 In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty-five -' distance. 
yards shall be a distance. 

In heats of one mile, thirty yards shall be a dis- 
tance. 

In heats of two miles, fifty yards shall be a dis- 
tance. 

In heats of three miles, sixty yards shall be a dis- 
tance. 

In heats of four miles, seventy yards shall be a 
distance. 

66 The time between heats shall be— Time between 
In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty min- heats. 

utes. 
In heats of one mile, twenty minutes. 
In heats of two miles, twenty-five minutes. 
In heats of three miles, thirty-five minutes. 
In heats of four miles, forty minutes. 

67 In a race of heats, best two in three, a horse that How heat race.-, 
actually wins two heats, or distances the field, wins are won, best 
the race. A horse running in two consecutive two in three. 
heats, without winning or running a dead heat can 

not again start in the race. A dead heat is a heat 
against every horse in the race except those making 
it. and in their favor to the extent only of allowing 
them to start in the next two heats, unless the race 
is decided, or they are distanced the next two en- 
suing heats. When a race is won by two heats, 
the preference of the horses is determined by the 
place they get in the second. If more than two 
heats are run. the horses starting for the deciding 
heats shall alone he placed. 



26 RULES OF RACING. 

Ina race of heats, best three in live, a horse that How heat 
actually wins three heats or distances the field, wins are won, best 
the race. A horse running in any three consecu- three in five 
tive heats, without winning or running a dead heat, 
can not again start in the race A dead heat is a 
heat against every horse in the race except those 
making it, and in their favor to the extent only of 
allowing them to start in three heats, unless the 
race is decided or they are distanced tlie ilex' three 
ensuing heats. When a race is won hy three heats, 
the preference of the horses is determined I >> the 
place theygel in the third heat. If more than three 
heats are run. the horses starting for the deciding 
heats shall alone l>e placed. 

Horses started and drawn before a race of heats is 
won. arc held to he distanced 

Horses shall he placed in the race in the position Pl&cing 
in whi(di they passed the .Indues in the deciding 
heat. A horse not placed in a deciding heat can 
have no place in the race : nor can such horse have 
any portion of the purse or prize; provided there i-- 
no third money, in which case the third horse in 
the race of heats shall not be deprived of third 
money if ruled out for not winning a heal in two. 
three or more heats, as the case may be. 
gg The deciding heat of a race is one in which two The deciding 
or more heats have been run. and thai determines heat, 
the result, by the starters for that particular heat, 
in which there shall be no distance. 
A> If any person draw or sell his horse (if by the sale 
the horse lie drawn) during the pendency of a race 
of heats, without permission of the Judges, he shall 
be ruled off the course. 

Dead Heats. 

69 n races not of heats, a dead heat for the first place 
shall be run off after the last flat race of the day, 
unless the Judges otherwise appoint, but at an 
interval of not less than twenty minutes. 

The other horses shall be deemed to have been 
oeaten, but they shall be entitled to their places 



RULES OF RACING. 27 

(if any) as ii" the race had been finally determined 
the first time. 

70 If a dead heat be run by two or more horses tor Dead heats for 
second or any lower place in a race, the owner shall second or lower 
divide, subject to the rules applicable to objections, place. 

when the winner is objected to; and if they can 
not a^ree as to which of them is to have a cup or 
other prize, which can not be divided, they shall 
draw lots lor it. 

71 When owners divide, they shall divide equally flow and when 
all the moneys and other prizes which any of them owners divide. 
could take, if the dead heats were run off; but own- 
ers can not divide in a race of heats, or in a race 

where any of the horses are to be sold, or in any 
race where divisions would conflict with any of its 
conditions. 

Horses running a dead heat tor a race or place 
shall be deemed winners of the race or place tin til 
the dead heat is run oft; or the owners agree to 
divide; and if the owners agree to divide, each 
horse which divides shall be deemed a winner of 
the race or place for which he divides. 

Objections. 

72 The determination of the Judges declari ng a horse Judges' 

to have won, or to be entitled to a place, shall be determination 
tinal, unless some objection is made and allowed on subject to 
the ground of disqualification, provided that this objection 
rule shall not prevent the Judges from correcting 
any mistake. 

73 Every objection must be made by the owner. Objections. 
trainer, or jockey of some other horse engaged in 

the same race, or by the officials of the course, or 
some creditable person, and on race days must be 
made to one of the Judges of the race, or to the 
Clerk of the Course, and at other times, to one of 
the officers, or to the clerk of the Course. 

The person to whom an objection is made may 
require it to be put in writing and signed. 

74 If an objection to a horse engaged in a race be Objection 
made not later than eleven o'clock on the morning before race. 



2S KULES OF RACING. 

of the day of the race, the Officers may require his 
qualification to be proved before the nice, and in 
default of such proof being given to their satisfac- 
tion, they may declare him disqualified. 

75 Au objection to a horse on the ground of his not When 

having run the proper course, or of any other objections aftt 
matters occurring in the race (except those coining race are to be 
under a previous rule;, must be made before the made. 
numbers of the horses placed in the race are put up. 
An objection on the ground of fraudulent or 
willful misstatement or omission iu the entry under 
which a horse has run, or on the ground that the 
horse winch ran was not the horse which he was 
represented to be in the entry or at the time of the 
race, or was not of the age which he was represented 
to be, may be received at any time within twelve 
months after the race. 

7g If by reason of an objection to a horse made after Recovery oj 
the conclusion of the meeting, a race or place is money paid 
awarded to another, his owner can recover the over before 
money, or such race or place from those who wrong- objection . 
fully received it, and in case of default shall be en- 
titled to a forfeit order. 

77 Every objection shall be determined by the Judges Who shall 
of the race. decide 

The functions ol the Judges of a race cease when objections. 
they determine the places of the horses in the race, 
■subject to objections they have not decided, and 
thereafter the determination of all matters affecting 
the race devolves on the Officers of the Association. 

78 If an objection to a horse which has won or been 
placed in a race be declared valid, the horse shall 
be regarded as distanced in races of heats, and as 
last in other races, and the other horses shall take 
their places accordingly. 

79 When a dead heat is run for second place and an 
objection is made to the winner of the race, if such 
objection be declared valid in time for the dead 
heat to be run oil' on the day of the race, the Judges 
may direct it to be run off accordingly, otherwise 
the horses which ran a dead heat shall divide or 



Effects of 

objections, if 
valid. 




In case of de< 
heat for secoti 

place. 


id 

id 



RULES OF RACING. 29 

draw lots for an indivisible prize, and each horse 

which divides shall be liable to the penalties 
attaching to a winner of that race. 

Every objection which can not be decided by the 
Judges or Officers during the meeting, must be made 
in writing and lodged with the Clerk of the Course. 

Anobjection made inwritingcan not be withdrawn 
without leave of the officers of the Association. 

All costs and expenses in relation to determining 
an objection shall be paid by The person decided 
against. 

If the Officers of the Association decide an objec- 
tion to be frivolous, they may tine the person mak- 
ing it, or rule him off. 

80 Pending the determination of an objection, any Effect of 
money or prize which the horse objected to may pending 
have won or may win in the race shall be withheld objection. 
until the objection is determined, and any forfeit 
payable by the owner of any other horse shall be 

paid to the clerk of the Course, and held for the 
person who may be determined to be entitled to it. 

Miscellaneous. 

When any race is in dispute, both the horse which 
came in first and any horse claiming the race, shall 
be liable to all the penalties attaching to the winner 
of that race until the matter is decided. 

81 The Judges shall have power at any time, and Judge may 
either upon or without objection made, to order an order 
investigation by such person or persons as they examination 
think tit. of any horse entered for a race, or which and call for 
lias run for a race, and shall withhold any money proofs of age 
the horse or his owner may have won until such of horses. 
investigation is made. 

If the horse be declared to be of the wrong age. 
the expense of such examination shall be paid by 
the owner. Otherwise it shall be paid by the per 
son (if any) at whose request the examination' is 
ordered, or by the Association, as the Judges direct. 

82 In any other case an objection shall be made be- When meeting 
fore the conclusion of the meeting, which is deemed ends. 



30 RULES OF BAC1IS<.. 

to conclude one hour after the last race <>n the last 
• lay. 

83 Paymentof the moneys due to owners of horses When owners 
which have run during the meeting may lie made are to be paid. 
On the day after the meeting. 

Selling Races. 

84 Any horse running for any race '.'to be sold," shall, Selling races. 
if the winner, be liable to be claimed for the selling Claimable 
price, and if it is a condition of the race that the conditions. 
winner is to lie sold by auction, the sale shall take 

place immediately after the race, and one half of 

any surplus over the Belling price shall go to the Division of 

second horse and the remainder to the Association, money. 

If sold, the horse shall not Leave the place of sale 

until authorized by the Clerk of the Course to do 

m> ; and if the horse be not paid for, or the Clerk of 

the Course be not satisfied with the security, be 

may order the horse to be put lip a second time, and 

the'purchaser at the first sale shall be responsible 

for any deficiency arising from the second sale. 

The pri< f every horse sold must be paid to the Payment and 

clerk of the Course, and an order be given by him order 
for the delivery of the horse. 

85 Any person who refuses to deliver, as required by Refusal to 
these rules, a horse entered to be sold or one deliver or pay 
bought in a selling race, shall be ruled off the in a selling 
course, and the horse shall be disqualified for all race 

races. 

86 Any person who fails to pay for a horse bought in failure to pay 
a selling race may be ruled oft' the course. 

87 Subject to the rules relating to objections, the fol- $p ei /a / ru i es 
Lowing specialpro visions shall apply to sellingraces : /-„,. se iu n g 

A. If the objection has not been made until after the raC es when 
horse has been bought, the person who bought him, horses are 
shall, if the objection is declared valid, have the objected to 
option of returning him or retaining him at the 
selling price, and any money returnable by reason 
of the exercise of such option, whether price or 
surplus, shall be repaid by those to whom it has 
been paid over, and in case of default the person 






RULES OF RACING. 



31 



to whom it is due sliall Lave a forfeit order for the 
same. 

B. If the objection has been made before the horse 
has been bought, the time for delivering but not for 
selling him, is thereby postponed until such time 
after the determination of the objection as the 
Judges appoint, and if the objection be declared 
valid, the person who bought him in shall have the 
same option as in the last mentioned case. 

C. If the objection be' declared valid before the close 
of the races of the same day, the horse to whom 
the race is given shall then be sold by auction, if 
it be a condition of the race that the winner is to 
be thus sold, and any surplus resulting from his 
sale and from the previous sale of the horse objected 
to, shall be treated as surplus from the sale of the 
winner, and be divided accordingly, but liability to 
be sold shall in all cases end with the day of the 
race. 

Sales, Forfeits and Transfers. 

88 When a horse is sold with his engagements, or any Sale ivith 
part of them, the seller can hot strike the horse out engagement, 
of any such engagements, and he remains liable ami liability 
for the amounts of the forfeits in each of the en- for 
gagements; but he shall, if compelled to pay them engagements of 
by the purchaser's default, be entitled to a forfeit horses sold. 
order, as due by the purchaser to himself. 

In all cases of sale by private treaty, the written 
acknowledgment of both parties that the horse was 
sold with the engagement is necessary to entitle the 
seller or buyer to the benefit of this rule, and if cer 
tain engagements be specified, it is to be understood 
that those only are sold with the horse; but when 
the horse js sold by public aution, the; advertised 
conditions of the sale are sufficient evidence ; and 
if certain engagements only be specified, it is to be 
understood that these only are sold with the horse ; 
and if he has been bought in a race of which it was 
a condition that the horse was to be sold with his 
engagements, this is also sufficient 



32 RULES OF RACING 

When a horse is sold without an engagement, the 
seller may grant or refuse the right to start for it, 
but in selling races the horse's engagements are 

included. 
A> When a person is entitled by purchase or other- Forfeits or 
wise to start for any engagement a horse which was Defaults. 

entered by another person, and he is prevented by 
these rules from starting the horse without paying 
forfeits or defaults on that horse to which he would 
not otherwise be liable, lie may, if he pays such 
forfeits or defaults, start the horse, and shall be 
entitled to a forfeit order with the name of the 
horse in respect of which they are due as due to 
himself. 
B. In ease of any transfer of a hor.se with his engage- Transfer must 
incuts, such horse will not be eligible to start in be exhibited. 
any stake, unless at the usual time of the running 
of the stake, or prior thereto, the transfer of the 
horse and his engagements shall be exhibited to 
the Secretary or President of the Association. 



89 



Winnings. 

Winnings shall include all prizes up to the time Winnings. 
appointed for the start, and shall apply to all races 
in any country, and winning shall include walking 
over or receiving forfeit. 

Winnings during the year shall be reckoned from 
the first of January preceding. 

Winner of a certain sum shall mean winner of a 
single race of that value, unless otherwise expressed 
in the conditions. 

Any horse qualified at the time of entry shall 
continue to be qualified, unless otherwise specified 
in the conditions of the race. 

In estimating the value of a race, there shall be Value of a 
deducted the amount of the winner's own stake race 
and any money payable to the horses, or out of the 
stakes by the conditions of the race, or by the 
general conditions of the meeting ; entrance money 
to a purse or entrance money going to a race fund 
shall not be deducted. 



rui.es of racing 



33 



The value of any prize not of money or not paid 
in money, shall not be estimated. 

In estimating the winnings of a horse, second ami 
third money shall not be counted against him. 

90 Penalties and Allowances. 

A. Penalties and allowances are not cumulative, un- 
less so declared by the conditions of the race, 

B. Where winners of selling races are exempted 
from penalties, only such horses as have run to be 
sold shall be entitled to the allowance. 

91 Allowances to the produce of untried horses ex- 
tend only to the produce of horses whose produce 
in any country have not ceased to be maidens up 
to the day previous to that fixed for claiming 
allowances, and any such allowances shall be 
claimed before the expiration of the time for nam- 
ing and shall not be lost by winning after that time. 

92 Winners or losers of steeplechases or hurdle races 
are not considered winners or losers in flat racing 

Omissions. 

93 When the last day for doing anything in relation 
to a race falls on a Sunday, it may he done on the 
following Monday, unless the race to which such 
act relates is appointed for that day, in which case 
it must be done on the previous Saturday. 

94 When a match or sweepstakes is made, and no 
weight mentioned, the horse shall carry the weights 
specified in the scale of weights. 

95 W T hen a match or sweepstakes is made and no dis- 
tance mentioned, the distance shall be as follows ; 

If two years old, six furlongs. 
If three years old, one mile and a half. 
If four years old, two miles. 
If live years old or upward, three miles. 
And if the horses he of. different ages, the distance 
shall be fixed by the age of the youngest. 

96 If the meeting be specified and no day mentioned 
for a race, it shall be on any day in that meeting 
the Association appoint; if neither day nor meet- 



Not 

cumulative. 
As to selling 



Allowances in 
produce races 



As to hurdle 
races and 
steeplechases. 

Sunday 
omitted in 
computing 

time. 

Omission of 
weights. 

Omissions of 
distance. 



Omi 

day. 



dons o/ 



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RULES OF K A(IN( 



ing be mentioned,. then it shall be run during the 
meeting in progress, or during the next meeting i 
should the race be made between meetings— in both 
cases on the 'lay the Association may appoint. 

Foreign Horses. 
9« A horse foaled out of the United states shall not Foreign horses. 
We qualified to start for any race until his owner has 
produced a certificate stating the age, pedigree and 

color of the horse, and any mark by which lie or 
she may be distinguished, signed by the secretary 
or other officer of some approved racing club, or by 
some approved magistrate or public officer of the 
country in which the horse was foaled, or has pro- 
duced other evidence of identity and age satisfac- 
tory to the Association. 

Dress of Jockeys. 

98 All riders must be dressed in jockey costunn — cap Dress oj 
and jacket of silk or satin, white or light colored jockeys, 
breeches and top boots. number, and 

Each jockey shall wear a number on his arm record of 
corresponding with the number on the programme colors. 
of the day. 

The colors selected by owners must be recorded 
with the Clerk of the Course, and when thus re- 
corded shall not be used by others except in case of 
death or withdrawal from the turf for five years. 

A list of colors that have been recorded shall he 
posted in the office of the Clerk of the Course. 
Engagements. 

99 owners and trainers employing riders, grooms, Engagement of 
or attendants shall make their contracts in writing, jockeys and 
properly signed and witnessed, whenever the time stable 
covered by the contract exceeds thirty days. Any employes. 
person attempting to entice a rider, groom, or at- 
tendant away from his employer, who is under con- 
tract, may lie ruled oil'. 

In the absence of special agreement, a jockey, Agreement. 
groom, or attendant who accepts a retainer can not 
terminate it otherwise than by three months' 



RULES OF RACING. 35 

notice, in writing, ending at the close of the year. 
If a jockey, groom, or attendant be prevented from 
riding or service by suspension for fraudulent 
practices or other misconduct, any person who has 
retained or employed him may cancel the contract 
or retainer. In like cases, if any owner or trainer 
be prevented from running or training by suspen- 
sion or fraudulent practices or other misconduct, 
the rider, groom, or attendant may cancel the 
contract or retainer. 

When any owner or trainer shall discharge a Disck* 
rider, groom, or attendant, he shall give him a 
written discharge, setting forth the causes and 
reasons for the discharge. Refusing to do so he 
shall be fined or suspended. Any owner or trainer 
who shall employ a rider for the purpose of pre- 
venting him from riding for other parties in the 
same race may be suspended or ruled off. 

Any rider or employe prevented from obtaining Authority for 
employment by this rule shall have the right of ap- engagement. 
peal to the Association, who may authorize the en- 
gagement. 

If a jockey rides, or agrees to ride, a race without Employer must 
the consent of his employe^, the Association may consent. 
Hue or suspend him, and may also fine or suspend 
the owner or trainer for whom he rode or agreed 
to ride. 

If a jockey engaged for a certain race, or for a Race or time. 
specified time, refuses to fulfill an engagement, the 
Association shall fine or suspend him. 
100 In the absence of a special agreement, the fee t<> Jockey fees. 
a winning jockey in stake races shall be twenty- 
rive dollars, and to a losing jockey ten dollars; to 
a winning jockey in purse races fifteen dollars, and 
to a losing jockey five dollars. In case an owner or 
trainer shall engage two or more jockeys for the 
same race, he shall pay the losing fee for each jockey 
engaged who does not ride for some one else in the 
same race 
A. If a jockey should refuse to ride for or accept the Suspension of 
fees as above provided, he shall, on complaint, be jockeys 



36 RULES OF RACING. 

suspended for such a period of time as may be de- 
cided by tile Judges. 

Licenses. 

b. Trainers and jockeys, before acting as such, shall Licenses for 
each procure a license from the Secretary of the jockeys and 
American Turf Congress, by application to him. or trainers 

on recommendation of any association running 
under these rules. Such license shall he for not 
more than one year, and shall expire on the lirst of 
January next after its issuance. The fee for each 
license shall be five dollars. . 

c. In case a party is trainer and jockey also, one 
license only will be necessary. 

U, This rule shall he applicable to trainers and 
jockeys whether owners or not. 

E. The said license may he revoked for good cause 
by any association, and any association permitting 
a trainer or jockey to act as such on its grounds 
without having a license, shall pay a line of fifty 
dollars. 

101 All tines must he paid within twenty lour hours. Fines and 
Delinquents shall be suspended from all privileges their, disposal 
of the course until their fines are paid. 

The proceeds of all fines and licenses shall be paid 
to the Secretary of the American Turf Congress, 
and be applied under the direction of the Ameri- 
can Turf Congress as they may direct. 

102 The fund arising from license fees shall he in the The fund for 
keeping of the Treasurer, and shall be sacredly kept trainers and 
and used for the benefit of sick, superannuated' jockeys. 

and injured trainers and jockeys in good standing, 
and who are not able to support themselves. 

To entitle a trainer or jockey to the benefit from Benefits 
this fund, the sickness or injury must exist or 
occur at the course of a member of this Congress. 

All payments from the fund shall be made upon 
the order of the Congress, unless incase of urgency 
or immediate need, when payments may be made 
on an order of the Association where the case ariso. 

At the close of each session of the Congress the Investment. 



RULES OF RACING. 37 

custodian of the fund shall invest the amount re- 
maining in his hands, less hills ordered paid, on 
safe personal collateral or real estate security, at 
interest, the investment and security to be ap- 
proved by the Congress, or hy the President, in 
writing. 

Corrupt Practices. 

In case any association permits post book-making, Post 
no book-maker shall be permitted to make books book-making. 
upon any race in which he has a horse running, in 
whom he has any interest, directly or indirectly. 
Upon proof of the fact, the offending party may he 
suspended or ruled off. 

If any person corruptly give or offer any money, Corrupt and 
share in a bet, or other benefit toany person having fraudulent 
official duties in relation to a race, or to any practices. 
jockey ; or, 

If any person having official duties in relation to 
a race, or any jockey, corruptly accept or offer to ac- 
cept any money, share in a bet, or other benefit ; or, 

If any person willfully enter or cause to he en- 
tered, or to start for any race a horse which he 
knows to he disqualified : or, 

If any person be proved, to the satisfaction of the 
( >fficers, to have watched, or to have employed any 
person to watch a trial on a private course, or to 
have obtained surreptitiously, any information re- 
specting a trial on a private or public course, from 
any person engaged in it or in the service of the 
owner and trainer of the horses tried, or respecting 
any horse in training from any person in such 
service ; or, 

If any person be guilty of any other corrupt or 
fraudulent practices on the turf in this or any other 
country ; 

Every person so offending shall be ruled off the Expulsion. 
course. 

Rulings of associations not members of the Turf 
Congress shall not be regarded, except in cases of 
fraud. 



38 RULES OF RACING. 

All persons expelled by the American Trotting 
Association or the National Trotting Association for 
fraud, shall stand ruled off the race courses of the 
American Turf Congress during the continuance 
of such expulsion. 

When a person is ruled off the course, or sus- 
pended. and so long as his exclusion continues, he 
shall DOt he allowed on the grounds Of the course, 
and he shall' not he qualified, whether acting as 
agent or otherwise, to subscribe for, or to enter or 
to run any horse for any race, in either his own 
name or that of any other person, and any horse of 
which he is wholly or partly the owner, or which 
after one month from his exclusion, shall be proved 
to the satisfaction of the association to he under 
bis care, management, training or superintendence, 
shall he disqualified. 

If a person be so excluded for any fraudulent 
practice in relation to a particular horse, wholly or 
partly belonging to him, such horse shall he perpet- 
ually disqualified for all races, and such person 
shall return all money or prizes which such horse 
has fraudulently won in any race at any meeting. 

Touts, when known, shall he debarred the priv- Touts. 
ileges of the race courses and grounds. 
105 When there is no specified penalty for violation General powe 
<>f the rules of racing, or of the regulations of the of officers. 
course, the officers shall have power to tine, sus- 
pend, expel from or rule oil' the course. 

If any case occur which is not. or which is alleged 
not to he provided for by these rules, it shall he de- 
termined by the Officers in such manner as they 
think just and conformable to the usage of the turf 
10(5 If any owner, trainer, jockey, or attendant, or any Decorum. 
person use improper language to the racing officials 
he may be ruled of the course. 

Regulations of the Course. 

107 During their term of office, the Officers of the As- Powers of 
sociation shall have the entire management of the officers of tht 
course and of the racing, and the appointment of Association 



RULES OF RACING. 39 

the officials of the course, whose acts they shall 
have power to regulate anrl revise. 

They shall have power to tine, suspend, rule off, 
or expel, at rheir discretion, any person for misbe- 
havior, or for violation of the rules of racing, or of 
any regulations they may establish not inconsistent 
therewith. 

They shall exclude from the stands and grounds 
improper characters and persons who have been 
ruled off the course for corrupt practices on the turf 
in any country, so long as the sentence against such 
persons remains in force. 

They shall have a discretionary power to warn 
any person off any premises in the occupation of 
the Jockey Club, and in case of such notice being 
disregarded, to enforce them by proper orders. 

Any person exhibiting a deadly weapon upon the 
grounds of any association may be suspended or 
expelled. 

108 When the Officers differ, the derision of a major- Majority to 
ity shall prevail. govern. 

109 Should there be necessity on a race day for Substitutes: 
prompt judicial action on the part of the Officers of 

the Association, or executive committee, and less 
than three of them are on the course, the member 
or members present shall increase their number to 
three by selections from the governors, stewards, or 
officials of the Jockey Club, and the substitutes thus 
appointed shall, for the occasion, possess full 
authority. 
HO The officers or executive committee shall have Postponement 
power to postpone races. When races are post- of races. 
poned, handicaps stand— purse races are off, and 
maybe reopened and close at the hour prescribed 
by the rules. 

In case of postponement, associations may double 
up their races in order to finish their meeting <>n 
the last day, so as not to interfere with the meeting 
of any other association that may follow. No race 
or heat shall be run when it is so dark that the 
horses can not he plainly seen by the Judges from 



40 EULES OF R ACINI i. 

the stand, but all such races shall be continued by 
the Judges to the next day (omitting Sunday) at 
such hour as they shall designate. 
11] There shall be three Judges- a presiding Judge Duties ami 
and two assistants— who shall decide which horse powers of 
wins, and assign their respective places in the race judges. 
to as many horses as they think proper, except 
when in running the best of heals it is necessary to 
place all the horses. 

Xo one interested in the result of a race, either 
because of ownership of any horse, bets or other- 
wise, shall act as judge, starter, or official therein, 
and the presiding Judge, previous to the race, shall 
inquire of the Judges selected whether they are so 
interested. For any violation of this rule, the 
parties may be suspended or ruled oil'. 

When the Judges difi'er. tin majority shall gov- 
ern. 

If one of the Judges be in their stand when the 
horses pass the winning post, the heat or race shall 
not he void. 

The Judges shall have control of the horses in the 
race, their jockeys and attendants. Any person re- 
fusing to Obey their orders may he lined or sus- 
pended, or ruled oil' the course They shall de- 
termine all questions relative to the race, which 
can be decided within a reasonable time after the 
finish, and shall then assign their {daces to the 
horses, subject to objections they have not decided. 

They shall exclude from their stand during the 
running of a race all persons except the clerk of the 
Course. 

The Judges shall have control of horses in purse 
races from the time of declaration at 12 o'clock 
(noon), the day of the race, and in stakes when dec- 
larations to start are made, forty-five minutes pre- 
vious to the race. 

The Judges, in their discretion, where fraud is 
suspected, shall have the right to put upon a horse 
a rider selected by them, ami shall have a right to 
place the horse in charge of a trainer they may se- 



RULES OF RACING. 41 

lect. Any owner or trainer who refuses to permit a 
rider or trainer to be changed as herein provided, 
and any trainer or rider who refuses to take charge 
of or ride a horse on the order of the Judges, shall 
be ruled off. 

112 The Judges, or officers, may appoint patrol Patrol judges. 
judges, whose duty it shall be to observe the race 

from points designated to them, and if any foul rid- 
ing or other irregularity come under their observa- 
tion, to report to the Judges immediately after the 
heat or race. 

113 When running the best of heats, the Distance Distance 
Judge and his assistants shall occupy a stand at the judges. 
proper distance, and at the termination of each 

heat report to the Judges the horse or horses that 
have been distanced. 

114 There shall be one or more timers, not to exceed Timers. 
three, who shall occupy the timers' stand, and de- 
clare the official time of the race, and no one else 

shall be allowed in the timers' stand during the race. 

115 The Secretary or his deputy shall attend the Secretary or 
Judges during each race; he shall discharge all the his deputy. 
duties, whether expressed or implied, required by 

the racing rules, and report to the officers or the 
Judges, as the case may demand, all violations of 
those rules, or of the regulations of the course, 
coming under his notice ; he shall keep a complete 
record of all races, and at the close of each meeting, 
make a report of the races to the Officers; he shall 
receive all stakes, forfeits, entrance moneys, and 
fines, and pay over all moneys so collected by him 
to such Officers as the club may select. 
HQ It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to as- Superintend- 
sign to applicants such stables as he may think ent. 
proper, to be occupied only by horses in prepara- 
tion for racing. He shall see that the course is kept 
in order at all proper times for training and racing, 
and exercise such general control over it as may be 
necessary to protect its condition and the rights of 
all parties using it. He shall have the general 
authority to preserve order and prevent improper 



42 RULES OF RACING. 

conduct upon the course and grounds connected 
therewith, and shall decide all conflicting claims of 
privileges between parties occupying them for any 
purpose. 
117 Jockeys, grooms, and stable boys are positively Betting 
forbidden the betting grounds. The parties so grounds. 
offending may be fined, suspended or ruled off. 
] 1 § Free badges shall not be issued by any association Limitation 

except in the following cases ; and transfer t 

Not exceeding one owner's badge to each stable badges. 
on the grounds. 

Not exceeding one attache's badge for each horse 
in a stable and on the grounds. 

Purchasers Of privileges shall not have the right 
of Free Entrance by reason of their purchases. 

The transfer or giving of complimentary, press, or 
any other kind of badges, presented by the Asso- 
ciation to any other party, shall exclude both the 
party giving or receiving said badges from the 
grounds of the Association. 
]^o, Craps, and all other species of gambling games, Craps and 
by trainers, jockeys, attendants, or any other par- other species 
ties, are positively forbidden about the stables and mantes. 
grounds of the various associations governed by 
these rules. The parties so offending may be 
suspended and ruled oil' 

Hurdle Rules. 

j 20 ' hr mles of llat and steeplechase races, as far as 
applicable, shall apply to hurdle races. 

YK\ The term "winning horse," with reference to Winning 
those liable to carry extra weight, or to be excluded horse, 
from any race, shall apply only to winners of hiirdle 
races, value $100 and upward, not including the 
winner's own stake. 

122 No hurdle race shall be of less than one mile (if a Distant e oj 
dash race), or less than four flights of hurdles, and hurdle races. 
in all longer races there shall be an additional liight 
of hurdles in each quarter of a mile or part of 
one. 



RULES OF RACING. 43 

Steeplechase Rules. 

123 When steeplechases are advertised to be run un- 
der the American Racing Rules, these rules shall be 
applicable, with the following conditions: 

124 No steeplechase shall be of less distance than one Distance. 
mile. 

125 No horse shall carry less than 120 pounds in any Scale of 
steeplechase. weight. 

126 The Judges shall have power to disqualify any Foul riding. 
horse from being declared the winner of a steeple- 
chase, although he should come in first, if it can be 

clearly proved to their satisfaction that the jockey, 
by any deliberate foul, riding intended to knock 
down any horse, or in any determined way jeopard- 
ize his chance of success in the race. Any jockey 
who shall be found guilty of foul riding, and sen- 
tenced to either fine, suspension, or expulsion from 
riding, will not be allowed to ride at any meeting 
over any course running under these rules until the 
officers who have passed the sentence shall give 
him a certificate either to say that the fine is paid or 
that they consider the suspension of sufficient dura- 
tion. In no case shall the fine exceed the sum of 
$100, and expulsion from riding for life shall always 
be the punishment for preventing a horse from win- 
ning or in a (dear case of fraud. 

127 Horses running on the wrong side of a post or Post and flags. 
Hag, and not turning back, are disqualified. 

128 Winners of fiat and hurdle races are not considered Winners and 
winners in steeplechasing. walk-overs. 

A horse walking over or receiving a forfeit, except 
for a match, is deemed a winner. 

129 A.ny rider in a steeplechase, where the ground is 
not flagged out. going upward of one hundred yards 
on any high road, lane or public thoroughfare, will 
disqualify his horse from winning, although he 
should come in first. 

130 Any rider in a steeplechase, where the ground is 
not flagged out, opening any gate or wicket, or 
passing through any gateway or common passage 



44 RULES OF RACING. 

from one enclosure to another, will disqualify his 
horse from winning, although he should come in 
first. 

131 Any horse getting away from his rider may be Remounting. 
remounted in any part of the same field or enclosure 
in which the occurrence took place ; but should 
such a horse not be caught until he shall have 
entered another field, then he shall be ridden or 
brought back to the one in which he parted from 
the rider. Any jockey so losing his horse may be 
assisted in catching and remounting him without 
risk of disqualification ; and in the event of a rider 
being disabled, his horse may be ridden home by 
any person of sufficient weight, provided he be 
qualified according to the conditions of the race. 
No penalty shall be exacted for carrying over- 
weight in this instance. 

If any flag, post, or boundary mark be placed in Flag marks. 
the course— no matter by whose order— after the 
riders have been shown over the grotmd, or had the 
line of country pointed out or explained to them, 
it shall not be considered binding or of any effect, 
unless such alteration or addition shall have been 
particularly named, previous to starting, to all the 
jockeys about to ride in the race, by one of the 
Officers, Secretary, Starter or by their represent- 
ative. 

133 If a horse refuse any fence or jump in a steeple- Refusing 
chase, and it can be proved to the satisfaction of the jumps. 
Judges that he has been led over a fence by any of 
the bystanders, or has been given a lead over one 
by any horseman not in the race, the horse shall be 
disqualified for winning, although he should come 
in first. 



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BETTING RILES. 45 



BETTING RULES. 



134 In all bets there must be a possibility to win 
when the bet is made. '* You can not win where 
you can not lose." 

135 If a horse entered by an incorrect or insufficient 
description is for that reason disqualified before 
the race and prevented from running, bets on that 
horse are void. 

136 All pools and bets must follow the main stakes, 
purse, or prize, as awarded by the decision of the 
Judges, except when in cases of fraud the bets are 
declared off by the Judges. 

137 If an ineligible horse be entered for the purpose 
of betting against him, and he finishes first, or if he 
be entered for the purpose of being disqualified by 
objection made after the race, all bets made on such 
race shall be declared off. 

138 All bets are play or pay, unless otherwise stipu- 
lated. 

139 All double bets must be considered play or pay. 

140 Confirmed bets can not be off, except by mutual 
consent or by failure to make stakes at the time and 
place which may have been agreed upon, in which 
case it is optional with a better not in default to de- 
clare then and there that the bet stands. If at the 
time specified for making stakes the horse or horses 
backed are dead, or struck out of the engagement, 
and a start has not been stipulated, the better 
against them need not, while the backer must, de- 
posit his stake. If there is no stipulation when the 
bet is made for the deposit of stakes, they can not 
be demanded afterward. 

141 All bets on matches and private sweepstakes de- 
pending between any two horses, are void if those 
horses become the property of the same person or 
his confederates subsequently to the bets being 
made. 



46 BETTING RULES. 

142 Unless agreed by parties to the contrary, all bets 
between particular horses are void if neither of 
them is placed in the race: except bets between 

. particular horses started for a race of heats, but not 
starting for a third heat, which shall be determined 
by their places in the second heat, and bets between 
such horses and a horse starting for a third heat, 
which are won by the latter, even though he be dis- 
tanced afterward. 

143 If any bet shall be made by signal or indication 
after the race has been determined, such bets shall 
be considered fraudulent and void 

144 The person who lays the odds has a right to 
choose a horse or the field: when a person lias 
chosen a horse tbe field is what starts against him. 

145 When a certain number of horses are taken 
against the field and among them are horses struck 
out of the engagement, or disqualified, or even 
never engaged, the bet, nevertheless, stands, so long 
as there remains one horse which is qualified to 
start at the time the bet is made. 

140 If odds are laid without mentioning the horse be- 
fore the race is over, the bet must be determined by 
the state of the odds at the time of making it. 

147 When a race is postponed, all bets must stand: 
but if the slightest difference in the terms of the 
engagement is made, all bets before the alteration 
are void. 

148 Bets made on horses winning any number of races 
within the year shall be understood as meaning 
between the 1st of January and the3lst of December, 
both inclusive. 

149 If a bet be made between two horses, with a forfeit 
affixed— say #100 half forfeit— and both horses start, 
either party may declare forfeit; and the person 
making such a declaration would pay $50 if the 
other horse was placed in the race, but would re- 
ceive nothing in the event of his horse being placed. 

Money given to have a bet laid shall not be re- 
turned, though the race be not run. 



150 



BETTING RULES. 47 



151 Matches and bets are void on the decease of either 
party before the match or betfis determined. 

152 Bets on a match for which a dead heat is run are 
void ; and if the match is run over again instant er, 
it is considered'a fresh engagement. 

153 When the l'ider of any horse has weighed out, and 
the horse's .number, has been put up, all bets re- 
specting such; horse shall be play or pay, except 
when the horse is excused, or in case of fraud. 

154 When a horse runs a dead heat for a purse or 
sweepstakes, and; the' owners agree to, or by the 
rules of racing, divide, all bets between such horses, 
or between either of them and the field must be 
settled by the money betted being put together and 
divided between the parties in the same proportion 
as the prize or>takes. 

If the dead heat be the "first event of a double bet 
between either of the horses making it and the 
field, the bet is void, unless one horse received 
above moiety, which would constitute him a winner 
in a double event. 

If the dead heat be the first event of a double bet 
between the horses making it, the bet is void, unless 
the division was unequal, in which case a horse 
receiving a larger proportion would, in a double 
event, be considered as better placed in a race than 
one receiving a smaller sum. 

If a bet is made onone„of the horses that ran the 
dead heat against aj>eaten horse, he who backed 
the horse that ran the dead heat wins the bet. 

155 If a match be run by mistake after the principals 
have compromised, it does not affect the betting or 
the result. 

156 Pools shall not lie play or pay. 

157 Where two or more horses start in a race, owned 
wholly or in part by the same person, they shall be 
coupled and sold as one horse in all pools, Paris 
mutuals, and book-betting. 

158 In place betting, the money shall be awarded as 
the horses are placed by the Judges. 

159 Associations running under these rules may en- 
force the payment of all bets. 



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